2016 · Week 12

Final

Titans

Tennessee

QB Marcus Mariota

27·21

Bears

Chicago

QB Matt Barkley

Soldier Field · outdoors · grass · 40°F · wind 11mph

Closing spread

TEN -6.5

Total

41.5

Model margin

+0.2est.

CHI perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Bears
  • Titans

How each play moved the game.

Bears winsTitans wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

Season-long league percentiles for both sides, mirrored. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge.

Titansedge mapBears
  • +0.037EPA / play-0.042
  • 45.5%Success rate44.1%
  • +0.103EPA / dropback-0.001
  • -0.049EPA / rush-0.111
  • 10.3%Explosive rate10.0%
  • +1.12CPOE-0.10
  • 45.6%Third-down rate37.8%
  • 75.2%Red-zone TD rate52.5%
  • 1.72Points / drive1.41
  • 1.7%Turnover rate2.9%

Bar length is league percentile, already oriented so longer is better. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge; rows within ~12 points are washed as even.

The rivalry

All square 3–3 since 1999

Meetings average 45.3 points. CHI are 4-2 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2024 · W1TEN @ CHI1724CHI
2020 · W9CHI @ TEN1724TEN
2012 · W9CHI @ TEN5120CHI
2008 · W10TEN @ CHI2114TEN
2004 · W10CHI @ TEN1917CHI

Box score

Individual performances

Titans

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Marcus Mariota15/2322620

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Derrick Henry8607.51
Marcus Mariota44611.50
DeMarco Murray17432.50

Bears

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Matt Barkley28/5431632

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Jordan Howard18844.70
Ka'Deem Carey166.00
Jeremy Langford155.00
Matt Barkley200.00

Where this game is likely to land

  • Model
  • Smooth (normal)
  • Betting line

Probability of each final margin. Football scoring clusters — the spikes at 3 and 7 are real, and a smooth model misses them.

line -6.52.7%4.4%2.9%7.3%7.4%2.9%4.4%

Positive margins favour Bears; negative favour Titans.

Half-point at risk

2.90%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

49.7%

Expected total

44.6est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-1.50
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+0.24